Wrist exercise device

ABSTRACT

For an exercise band worn about the user&#39;&#39;s wrist, for which it is advantageous to vary the exercise weights inserted in the band, use is made of a flap which is folded over the openings of the weight-receiving compartments thereof to thereby contain the weights in their compartments during an exercise routine. The flap also has a resilient, foam pad therein, which contributes to the comfort of wearing the band.

[ Dec. 9, 1975 WRIST EXERCISE DEVICE [76] Inventor:

3,334,898 McCrory................. 3,525,141 272/57 D Herbert Winston,135 Hazelwood Drive, Jericho, NY. 11753 Oct. 25, 1974 PrimaryExaminer-Paul E. Shapiro Assistant ExaminerJoseph R. Taylor Attorney,Agent [22] Filed:

, or FirmBauer & Amer [21] Appl. No.: 518,043

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S mm m m A "u" u S mmu mEhh m T wn mAdHw IT m o .mSFWR e malu 46 999mwww 934 338 8 m M47 5 I123 U.S. Patent Dec. 9, 1975 WRIST EXERCISEDEVICE The present invention relates generally to an improved exercisewrist band, and more particularly to a band construction which assistsin confining the weights in the band and which also makes the band morecomfortable to wear.

Weighted bands or the like are worn around the ankles, waist and otherlocations to make the exercise routine more strenuous, and thus morebeneficial for muscle tone and other such objectives. For obviousreasons, it is advantageous to be able to embody any selected number ofweights in the band, and thereby adjust the exercising weight. With aweighted band worn about the wrist, extensive arm movements couldinadvertently dislodge a weight therefrom, since such weight is free ofconnection to the band so that it can be readily inserted and removedfrom the band preparatory to adjustment of said exercising weight.

Broadly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improvedexercise wrist band overcoming the problem of inadvertent dislodgementof the weights and other shortcomings of the prior art. Specifically, itis an object to both confine said weights, and also to render the bandmore comfortable to use, by a simple, inexpensive component, all as ishereinafter described.

A weighted exercise band or device demonstrating objects and advantagesof the present invention includes a rectangular fabric body ofsufficient length to be wrapped about the users wrist. In much the sameway that finger compartments are provided in gloves, said fabric bodyhas compartments for weights with openings thereinto located adjacent anedge of the fabric body. Completing the band or device is aweightscovering flap secured along said fabric body edge which isadjacent said compartment openings, such that said flap has an operativeposition folded over said openings against said fabric body, wherebysaid operative folded position of said flap obviates inadvertentmovementof said weights from said compartments during use of theexercise device.

The above brief description, as well as further objects, features andadvantages of the present invention, will be more fully appreciated byreference to the following detailed description of presently preferred,but nonetheless illustrative embodiments in accordance with the presentinvention, when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings,wherein:

FIGS. 1-4 illustrate a first embodiment of a weighted exercise deviceaccording to the present invention. Specifically, FIG. 1 is aperspective view illustrating the exercise device in itswrist-encircling position;

FIGS. 2 and 3 are perspective views of the device in open condition andin the flat, FIG. 2 illustrating the inside surface thereof, i.e. thesurface against the users wrist, and FIG. 3 the outside surface; and

FIG. 4 is an end elevational view showing details of the device in itswrist-encircling condition.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the wrist exercisedevice hereof.

Reference is now made to the drawings wherein there is shown a wristexercise device, generally designated 10, which as illustrated in FIG. 1is adapted to be worn about the users wrist. Beneficial use of thedevice 10, as an exercising aid, is derived by inserting a selectednumber of cylindrically shaped weights, individually and collectivelydesignated 12, in individual cooperating compartments 14 appropriatelyformed in the fabric body 16 of the device 10. Any appropriate sewingtechnique can be used to form the compartments 14. For example, they maybe formed in the same way that finger-receiving compartments are formedin gloves. In any event, the significance of the compartments 14 and thecooperating weights 12 is that any number of such weights 12 can beembodied in the device 10 by inserting each in its cooperatingcompartment 14, thereby providing the user of the device 10 with achoice of how heavy an exercise device 1.0 he wishes to use during anexercise routine.

Since the weights 12 are unattached to the device 10, to facilitatetheir easy insertion and removal, it is necessary, and accordinglytherefore contemplated by the present invention, to obviate anylikelihood of a weight 12 previously inserted in a cooperatingcompartment 14 to inadvertently come out of said compartment duringexercising movement. To this end, each compartment 14 has an appropriateopening 18 thereinto, through which the conical end 20 of each weight 12is inserted in order to place the weight 12 within the compartment 14.In accordance with the present invention, the aforesaid openings 18 arestrategically located adjacent edge 22 of the fabric body 16. Along thesame edge 22, device 10 is then provided with a flap 24, the edge offlap 24 and the edge 22 being connected by an appropriate edge finishingpiping 26 or the like. The unattached portion of flap 24 is of coursefoldable, in the direction 28, against the fabric body 16. From what hasbeen described, it should be readily appreciated that in its foldedposition, flap 24 functions as a closure or cover over the compartmentopenings 18 and, in this manner, assists in confining the weights 12within the compartments 14.

In the FIGS. 1-4 embodiment of the device 10, the same is maintained inits wrist-encircling position, as illustrated in FIG. 1, by cooperatingvelcro strips 30 and 32. Specifically, component 30, as illustrated inFIG. 2, consists of patches of velcro appropriately secured adjacent oneend of the fabric body 16. As illustrated in FIGS. 3, 4, component 32consists of velcro strips connected, as by a stitched end 34, to thebody 16 so that the velcro thereon is in an exposed position to engagewith the velcro patches 30 when the device 10 is wrapped around theusers wrist. Engagement of the velcro patches 30 with the strips 32 isillustrated in FIG. 4. Also illustrated in cross-section in FIG. 4 isflap 24. This cross-sectional perspective of flap 24 is intended todemonstrate that the same advantageously includes as an internalcomponent a panel of plastic foam 36 which, because of its resilientnature and its position in contact with the wearers wrist, contributes,in an obvious manner, to the comfort of the user during the wearing ofthe device 10.

Reference is now made to FIG. 5 demonstrating another embodiment of awrist exercise device according to the present invention, said devicebeing designated 40 therein. Device 40 will be understood to be similarto device 10 in all major respects, except in the manner in which it ismaintained in its wrist-encircling position, which now will bedescribed. Specifically, device 40 does not use velcro in connectingtogether its opposite ends, but instead uses in lieu of the velcrostrips 32 a pair of straps 42. The free ends of straps 42 engage withbuckle structures 44 secured to the fabric body of device 40 inapproximately the same locations as the velcro patches 30. Like device10, device 40 also includes 3 as a significant component aweights-covering flap 46 which, in the manner already described, assistsin confining the weights of the device to their compartments and also,because of an internal plastic foam panel, effectively contributes tothe comfort of the user during the wearing of the device 40.

A latitude of modification, change and substitution is intended in theforegoing disclosure, and in some instances some features of theinvention will be employed without a corresponding use of otherfeatures. Accordingly, it is appropriate that the appended claims beconstrued broadly and in a manner consistent with the spirit and scopeof the invention herein.

What is claimed is:

1. An exercise device adapted to be worn around the users wristcomprising a fabric body of a rectangular shape having a lengthwiseextent so as to be worn in a wrist-encircling position about the userswrist, an arrangement of plural side-by-side compartments each having anopening thereinto located adjacent an edge of said fabric body, aselected number of said compartments being used for cooperating weightsplaced therein preparatory to exercising service of said device, and aweights-covering flap having a resilient plastic foam body secured alongsaid fabric body edge adjacent said compartment openings having anoperative position folded over said openings against said fabric bodyand occupying an interposed position between said exercise device andsaid users wrist, whereby said operative folded position of said flapobviates inadvertent movement of said weights from said compartmentduring use of said exercise device while said resilient foam bodythereof contributes to comfort during the wearing of said device.

1. An exercise device adapted to be worn around the user''s wristcomprising a fabric body of a rectangular shape having a lengthwiseextent so as to be worn in a wrist-encircling position about the user''swrist, an arrangement of plural side-by-side compartments each having anopening thereinto located adjacent an edge of said fabric body, aselected number of said compartments being used for cooperating weightsplaced therein preparatory to exercising service of said device, and aweights-covering flap having a resilient plastic foam body secured alongsaid fabric body edge adjacent said compartment openings having anoperative position folded over said openings against said fabric bodyand occupying an interposed position between said exercise device andsaid user''s wrist, whereby said operative folded position of said flapobviates inadvertent movement of said weights from said compartmentduring use of said exercise device while said resilient foam bodythereof contributes to comfort during the wearing of said device.